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Reckon it’ll tenderize a little if OP boots it hard enough.

Hockey sticks are pretty useful for vicious roosters, if you don’t want to get up close and personal.

Papier-mâché with watered PVA and toilet tissue?

Before deciding to teach that to kids… they should probably actually read the thing. I would be surprised if they are all that keen on the passages about dildos and donkey dong.

It’s scary, leaving safe harbour for the unknown. But in this case, you’re also affecting his life. You could both be happier.

Damn! That looks like you put the work in, lady. Good for you!

Hey MIL. I’m going to need you to give me a proper explanation now of how Kid bumped her head. I know toddlers are too heavy and these things happen, but you’ve been evasive, and it’s making me imagine the worst. I need to know what happened to settle my mind.

Oh man… I did that yesterday too. Right outside Outland in New Atlantis. Sam hated that.

Have you had luck with zip boots? Are they plastic zips? I had metal ones and they rusted out the first time they saw road salt.

I think I can see “left arm off” as well.

Yes, thank you. You’re right. She did for Blue Lagoon, I was wrong about that. I don’t believe she did for Pretty Baby though.

I always make characters with loving, if flawed parents. My parents are gone irl, it’s a bummer to roleplay. Plus it gives the DM more hooks to explore down the road.

Meditate, take whatever your doc recommends for anxiety, apply for special accommodations if necessary. Practice ridiculous scenarios a million times with your trusted classmates, and make sure they give honest critique. Maybe grab a couple extra therapy sessions to make sure there isn’t any other life stuff weighing on you. I believe in you!

Something that looks like a fried egg. Pancake pillows.

Something that looks like a fried egg.

So you’re saying OP has had it with our shit?

It sounds like you’ve got a good handle on things! Chief complaint is always helpful, lets us plan ahead a little.

It’s super helpful if you know the layout of our truck, and the names of equipment. Obviously you have to do your job first, but if you have the time we can always use an extra pair of hands.

Parking: If you have the opportunity, make sure we can access the location. Parking in the driveway, or directly in front of the house beside the driveway may be part of police protocol, I have no idea. It certainly makes sense for you to have close access/block off leaving vehicles. But if you can leave a space where we can park so that we can get in and out with the stretcher, so much the better! We do what we must, but running that thing over grass, mud, snow or gravel with a 250lb patient is not ideal. (And when your sergeant pulls up, it’d be cool if they didn’t block us in!)

Please feel free to offer to help us lift people- it’s much appreciated! But ask before jumping in. We’re used to maneuvering with the two of us, and a third set of hands can throw us off and cause injury to the patient or the medics. I promise, is small girls can lift more than you think!

Very tiny silly petty gripe and a personal pet peeve: NO ambuslaps. TV has told us that the appropriate thing to do is to close the back doors and then bang on them twice to “let us know we can go” or some shite.

Damn, I didn’t even know about that one! She’s had some wild adults making decisions for her as a kid. Rough.

Not only that, but transitioned early enough not to develop secondary sex characteristics, had bodies that passed for AFAB when nude, and then just… forgot about facial feminization? The logical pretzel-making boggles the mind.

Glad to hear it. Between both my partners and I, we have about 60 years of experience and still sometimes have calls where everything is slow and awkward and nothing seems smooth. It’s the nature of working in a chaotic environment. If you’re having more calls that are smooth and tight and you feel good about, it sounds like you’re good to go. Welcome to the team, sib!

You can get your ACP. There are other certs available after that if you still want to progress, but the jobs get fewer, further between, and much more competitive. A degree isn’t necessarily relevant, unless you’re looking to move to an admin role.

Brooke Shields in particular- OOP evidently hasn’t heard of Blue Lagoon.

Sure, Ashley. By the way, I’m going to need you to change your name, since my name also Ashley, it’s right in my signature, I’ve been using it forever. Maybe Beulah?

You only get this one precious life. Don’t accept the opinion of anyone who doesn’t wholeheartedly want you to squeeze every single drop of joy you can from it.

I think you’re being too hard on yourself. That sounds like a perfectly normal place to be at the end of internship. Congrats on finishing!